| human papillomavirus and risk factors for cervical cancer in chennai, india: a case-control study. | to evaluate the role of human papillomavirus (hpv) and other risk factors in the aetiology of invasive cervical carcinoma (icc), we conducted a hospital-based case-control study in chennai, southern india. a total of 205 icc cases (including 12 adenocarcinomas) and 213 frequency age-matched control women were included. hpv dna in cervical cells was evaluated by means of a polymerase chain-reaction assay. odds ratios (ors) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (cis) were computed by means of ... | 2003 | 12925967 |
| papillomavirus infection in rural women in southern india. | to investigate the prevalence of, and the risk factors for, cervical infection with 44 types of human papillomavirus (hpv) in a rural area in the dindigul district, tamil nadu, india, we interviewed and obtained cervical cell samples from 1891 married women aged 16-59 years. hpv prevalence was 16.9% overall and 14.0% among women without cervical abnormalities, or 17.7 and 15.2%, respectively, age-standardised to the world standard population. in all, 21.9% of infections involved more than one hp ... | 2005 | 15668709 |